Romeo and Juliet

About this book

Romeo and Juliet follows the children of the feuding Montague and Capulet households as their secret love collides with family loyalty, public violence, exile, and a fatal chain of misunderstandings. Shakespeare combines lyric romance, comedy, and tragedy in a five-act drama about love and inherited conflict.

About the author

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. His surviving works include tragedies, comedies, histories, narrative poems, and sonnets, and remain central to English-language drama.

1. 1Dramatis Personæ1 min
2. 2The Prologue1 min
3. 3Scene I. A public place.9 min
4. 4Scene II. A Street.4 min
5. 5Scene III. Room in Capulet’s House.5 min
6. 6Scene IV. A Street.5 min
7. 7Scene V. A Hall in Capulet’s House.6 min
8. 8Chorus1 min
9. 9Scene I. An open place adjoining Capulet’s Garden.2 min
10. 10Scene II. Capulet’s Garden.8 min
11. 11Scene III. Friar Lawrence’s Cell.4 min
12. 12Scene IV. A Street.8 min
13. 13Scene V. Capulet’s Garden.4 min
14. 14Scene VI. Friar Lawrence’s Cell.2 min
15. 15Scene I. A public Place.8 min
16. 16Scene II. A Room in Capulet’s House.6 min
17. 17Scene III. Friar Lawrence’s cell.7 min
18. 18Scene IV. A Room in Capulet’s House.2 min
19. 19Scene V. An open Gallery to Juliet’s Chamber, overlooking the Garden.10 min
20. 20Scene I. Friar Lawrence’s Cell.5 min
21. 21Scene II. Hall in Capulet’s House.2 min
22. 22Scene III. Juliet’s Chamber.3 min
23. 23Scene IV. Hall in Capulet’s House.2 min
24. 24Scene V. Juliet’s Chamber; Juliet on the bed.6 min
25. 25Scene I. Mantua. A Street.4 min
26. 26Scene II. Friar Lawrence’s Cell.2 min
27. 27Scene III. A churchyard; in it a Monument belonging to the Capulets.13 min